In the comedy of a Midsummer Night’s Dream, Nick Bottom shines as the most comical person in the play. He is a character revolved around dramatic irony, which is presented from his name and his characteristics. Although the other characters have comical lines throughout the play; almost all of Bottom’s lines are exceedingly funny. Bottom repeatedly interjects other character’s lines during the play. In the play A MidSummer Night’s Dream, Nick Bottom stands out amongst the rest as my most favorite actor. First of all, one of Bottom’s most encouraging traits is his confidence in his own abilities. Although Nick was not one of the best actors, he still had an admiral swagger in the way he portrayed himself. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream Bottom says, “An I may hide my face, let me play Thisbe too. I’ll speak in a monstrous little voice: ‘Thisbe, Thisbe’. ‘Ah Pyramus, my lover dear! thy Thisbe dear, and lady dear!” (Act One Scene 2 Line #45-48) Bottom already has the leading role of Pyramus but when he listens to Peter Quince announce that Flute will have the feminine part of Thisbe, Bottom has the urge to play Pyramus and Thisbe. Nick believes that he is talented enough to play every part in the entire play, alas he is incapable of those abilities. …show more content…
On several occasions Bottom is victim of dramatic irony, which can be quite funny. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Bottom asks, “What do you see? You see an ass head of your own, do you?” (Act 3 Scene 1 Line #56,57) Nick Bottom tells Snout that he is acting like an ass, when Nick’s head was already transformed into an ass. Although most of Bottom’s comical scenes in A Midsummer Night’s Dream are based on him doing something wrong; it can still be the funniest scenes you have ever